We’re so pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, as chosen by judge Kristen Arnett. Congrats to Kate, Joseph, and Susie! Grand Prize “Bears and Other Beasts” by Kate Finegan Kate Finegan...
Photo by David Mandville Get to know Carmella Gray-Cosgrove, whose story “The Dance of the Cygnets” appears in our SPRAWL issue (58.3). Symbiotic relationships are at the core of this piece of short fiction, in which the narrator transits...
We are so pleased to announce our shortlist for the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. “An Iconostasis” by Joseph Pearson “Bears and Other Beasts” by Kate Finegan “Dreaming in Search and Rescue” by E.G. Cunningham “Lightness” by Joshua...
Word counts got you down? Our shortest-form contest is now open for submissions. The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re ready to sink our teeth into your flash fiction, micro-memoir,...
Happy Saturday! We are so pleased to announce our longlist for the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. “An Iconostasis” by Joseph Pearson “Bears and Other Beasts” by Kate Finegan “Dayton” by AJ Strosahl “Dreaming in Search and Rescue”...
Due to temporary building closures on the University of British Columbia campus, PRISM will not be reading mailed submissions until further notice. We will continue to welcome submissions for our contests and issues online via Submittable. If you are...
The End of the End of the EarthJonathan FranzenFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018 Review by B.H. Lake Jonathan Franzen has been called many things. In 2010, his picture appeared on the cover of Time magazine next to the words:...
The Towers of BabylonMichelle KaeserFreehand Books, 2019 Winter WillowDeborah-Anne TunneyEnfield and Wizenty, 2019 Review by Marcie McCauley Near the beginning of Michelle Kaeser’s debut novel The Towers of Babylon (Freehand Books, 2019) there’s talk of Venezuela’s Torre David and,...
Vulgar. It’s a word reserved for only our most visceral reactions. Vulgar is ugly, crass, and a blatant rejection of good taste. It’s lowbrow. It’s crude. It is a challenge to the status quo. It is the voice of...
